"You shall not take revenge and you shall not bear a grudge against the members of your people" [Kedoshim 19:18]
There are times, said the Chofetz Chaim, that a man grows angry with a friend who did not do him a particular favor. Such feelings are completely unjustified.
To what can this be compared? To a man who was walking down the street, looking for his friend. As he passed people in the street, he would ask them "Have you seen my friend perhaps?"
"Try looking for him in the town square," he was told. "There are many people gathered there; maybe your friend will be among them."
He went to the town square, searched for his friend, yet he did not find him.
Would it even occur to him to feel anger toward those individuals who directed him to the town square? Of course not! He realizes that he must simply continue his search.
The same thing applies to the prohibitions of taking revenge and bearing a grudge, said the Chofetz Chaim. We are forbidden to feel anger towards a friend who did not do us a favor. What reason can there be to be angry with him? Hashem obviously did not designate him as the one who would bestow this particular kindness upon us. We must simply turn to someone else, and place our request with him; perhaps he is the one who will be able to assist us.
If a person accustoms himself to constantly thinking in this manner, he will never bear a grudge or feel the need to take revenge.
Source: Rabbi Yisrael Bronstein
Many experts believe that the US is going to attack Iran in the next 24 hours!
ReplyDeleteForeign Minister Araghchi, who already went to Islamabad before Trump canceled the negotiation this morning, traveled to Oman and will also have a meeting with Putin scheduled before returning to Iran.
Meanwhile, both China and India have issued travel warnings to their citizens in Iran, advising them to leave the country!
Full blown war, limited aerial strikes on various targets with whatever Percision targeted missiles US has left and with no air defense left!
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Moshe Amar spoke out against the phenomenon of self-proclaimed "kabbalists" and "righteous figures" gaining influence among the public.
ReplyDelete"We often refrain from condemnation, because today there is no truth - if I speak about someone, he presents himself as a persecuted saint. But when it reaches a situation in which G-d's Name is desecrated, we respond forcefully," Rabbi Amar explained.
He warned, "We must be careful, because people are not careful. There are all kinds of appearances - one comes across as knowledgeable, another as humble and lowly, one who hasn't read two lines of Gemara. And even if he has read and remembers - is that what makes a great man? People are mistaken and mislead others, and they do not want to learn the truth."
"One is called ‘holy’ and another ‘kabbalist’; we must distance ourselves from all of them, not look at them and not come within four cubits, like idolatry - the further away you move, the better," he concluded.
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